Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-02
ITALY'S ROYALTY.
CHARACTERISTIC AND
HABITS OF KING hUHBRRT.
IL Irhodmtnt OF the Ideal Of Consti-
tuuonal konArchy-Ths Lovely
Queen Marguerite.
Rome Correspondence.

...raeul. The annual recurrence OF
t., nalai.al season has had the usual
catering effect upon the population,
.arsine every one, from the Ministers
Gown. 20 seek escape from q city whose
climate e SO dangerous during the
va1p months. The cOm,, of course.
i..lovsilc universal example, aud the
.r,cl. after taking the baths IN
Venice. v.thdraws to the royal chateau
- Mona. where she remains with the
klrg ut the end OF the hot wcatl err
trofiire 10y tits period Of leisure to
r.ac uaiy books which she has been
obliged to neglect during the winter on
r.cOmt a. endless social duties.
O.,cn Naroarct Is very studl0us and
-,I informed and has passionate love
nr the liberal ants. She keeps herself
.hfcasi with the literary movements in
various com ines. being conyersant
With tie great classical works OF each.
nud Size speaks iiucntly several foreign
preusccs. Although her mother is o.
German origin belonging - the royal
house of Saxouy-the Queen had for
long time sadly neglected the tongue
of schiller, but since the friendly rela-
irons which have sprung no Of
hie l.twcon the imperial family
a Germany and the house of Savoy,
ard SINCE DE frequent visits Of
Tie Crown Prince 30 the Roman Court,
the Young Queen determined t. acquire
more perfect knowledge Of German.
Her distinguished PruSsian guest nc
cordiuCly became her teacher by cor
rcsp0nd,ncc, She sending him her
hanslatious, which be would correct
and return with remarks, Just rs a
regular professor would do. All this
has led TO an intimacy between the tyo
courts that perhaps has not been with
Out IT'S eject in Shaping the new policy
Which Italy has followed during the
last few wears The Crown Prince used
always 10 speak Of lis pupil IS " My
litter sister Gretchen"
The Queen not only reads English,
but she speaks and writes it very flu
emily, and has committed 10 memory
many choice bits OF English litoratr-e,
with which she has q broad acquaint-
aucc. being as familiar with irving
and Longiellow as with Shakespeare
and Byron. She positively forbids the
putting o. French novel in the hands
Of her son, the young Prince Of Naples,
tut allows him 10 read the works Of
Sctt and Cooper. On one occasion,
when gentleman Who priled himself
ON his literary knowledge attributed t.
the Scotchman tale written by the
American, her Majesty remarked
rrr Ia Yf cal D
ID, things which are Walters, and unto
Fcupimore the things which are Fcnni-
more's.
The Queen shows the greatest care in
the education Of this her only son. The
Prince of Naples, IN spite Of the care
which has lccn bestowed upon HIM
from his earliest childhood, has always
been q cause Of scIiOus anxiety at court
On account a. his IN health. During
tlcvast winter he travelled through
Palestine for study. Fortunately the
voyage proved 70 be also one of re
co,ly. for the Prince returned home
w'hrutVcd strength and spirits.
I'm spite ~ his delicate constitution
1c hor apparent has gone through tie
usual prescribed studies, passing his |
examination each YEAR before com |
uitcc Of professors Just as if he were |
The most Insignificant boy IN one of the |
public schools. He is now cadet Of |
The Military Academy at Modena, the
West Point Of Italy, aud there also he |
Las 10 work his way upwards through |
AL the military grades and to give salts
factory proof Of proficiency in the va
rious branches.
1t was feared at the time that the
Prince would be spoiled 10y the a;ten-
ton nd fatttry OF The cOuItlers. He !
began 10 show evidence Of an arbitrary |
sud dospotic character But his father, |
the King, has checked all such tendcu
cies with the greatest severity. One |
DAY, when the Prince was playing with |
the daughter of one Of the ladies' of |
honor, he got int quarrel with her, |
and at last said in a most autocratic
tone Now, then, I'm going TO cut |
your head of. The little GIL com |
menced TO cry, and the King, who
CHANGED 10 be passing, on learning what
had happened, had his son plcced in
close confinement for fifteen days. in
order 10 impress HIM with the fact that
nowadays kings may no longer decap-
itate Their subjects as IN the good old
days Of yore.
Besides Der literary tastes Queen
Margaret is much interested in art,
and devotes a portion of her private in
come 10 the purchase Of paintings and
s,atuaIv. She 81 .,,o something OF q
poet, aud nov auu tlen rea,.s aloud to a
select audience some Of the verses
which she has thrown OF during mo
ment Of leisure, between a reception at
the palece aud a state dinner. Her
lines flow along harmonously with an
exquisite finish, and often the poeticd
images sre painted with a richness Of
color that Is astonishing.
Tie guests at the palace were
amusing themselves one evening by
ing. each in Turn, what lot OF life they
would have preferred had fortune given
them another choice. When the mo-
ment came for her Majesty 10 exprec,
her preference she exclaimed with real
enthusiasm Were / not a Queen, |
should wish to he an artist
King HumbeIt builds up his health
during vacation by long walks through
the parks, arched with noble oaks and
elms. He is now reaping the wild
oats sowed too abundantly in his
youth and which have left him with c
constitution. Having grown
sadder, as well as wiser, the King now
shuns the noisy world as much as pos
siLle.' Although the royal hunting
grounds at San Rossore and Cartel
Pozziano abound in ducks, pheasants,
deer, wild bears, and, in short, every
thing that the most exacting sports
mar could demand, the blase monarch 1
looks upon the chase as state duty,
only 70 be gone through with when
royal etiquette demands it. In thus re-
spCct the present King IL the very OPP
pooite Of his father, who sought adj
ventures and distractions on every side,
rom those Of intrigue and riotous DIS
sipation down 10 the less exciting ones ,
y the hunt and the table. victor
Emmanuel would have been supremely '
successful as the chief elder in colony
4 Mormons, whereas Nature evidently
itted Humbert TO shine as the peaceful
Dater familias in a Quaker household.
Howeye.. il is not only for his health